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These any good? This one's going for £14000. 8000 miles on the clock. 130 hp, tow 3 1/2 tons etc. 3 litre engine.

Good point Laz. TCCs have given us many great innovations and techniques over the past few years, but they dont reflect real work situations.

Was it a working tree surgeon/arborist that designed Aquafell Experts?

From the Sherril website - Awarded the 2006 "Innovation of the Year Award" at Germany's GaLaBau Tree & Landscape Show, the Rattle Wedge is an elegantly simple yet effective device. This unique ratcheting screw is used to hold open a back-cut or inspire directional fall of timber parts while working aloft (or sometimes on the ground) without need of hammer and wedge. Especially useful when help isn't available groundside to pull a tag line, the Rattle Wedge works well also for certain ground level big log bucking situations. To operate for felling, and with a face notch and back cut made, the Rattle Wedge is introduced like a corkscrew directly into the kerf opposite your notch. Now the operator simply cranks the ratcheting handle (like a socket wrench) to drive the Rattle Wedge fully into the kerf, producing up to 3 inches of lift (If hinge is too thick and not releasing, additional back-cut can be performed with a straight blade handsaw.) Rattle Wedge can be powered in either direction with the push of a button. Wt 3 pounds Sounds like a good idea, does anyone in the UK sell them? if so how many £££s?

Lime nail gall mite (Eriophyes tiliae)?

Did you price a Jonsered 2139? could've been cheaper? Same saw as the Husky but red with a few different bits of plastic.

Is that where they filmed 'Dead Man's Shoes'?

Your probably right if this vid is anything to go by. Interesting you guys dont have a handsaw on your harness.

What about Eric Frei, he uses them.

Not surprised by the poll, once upon a time handsaws were the only option.

Not using the handsaw for the whole removal - Stihl 020. Bought the Ibuki to use on removals so my other handsaws would stay sharp for pruning work. Assumed the Ibuki would be better for larger diameter branches than the Natanoko/Zubat. Re handsaw and removals - Never really understood why some people are afraid to use handsaws for some of the cutting, worked with many climbers over the years who use handsaws during removals for various hand-held branches that are too small to rig and need thrown into a landing zone away from targets etc. If your climbing without a handsaw then your a fool. .

Bought a Silky Ibuki and have been disappointed with it so far. Was bought specifically for removals. Seems to labour in the cut due to the blade being thicker and heavier than other Silkys (Natanoko, Zubat, Gomtaro). The blade also has too deep a curve which means it stops short of the end as it digs in. One major design flaw - it only fits snug into the scabbard in one direction which means it can fall out if the scabbard is accidently turned upside down in the tree. The thinner bladed Silkys definatley cut faster. If anyone was thinking of buying an Ibuki - my advice is try or borrow it before you buy. Anyone else used one?

yEAH, I'm waiting for landrover to design a new cab for the defender.

Dont know why but you remind me of these guys - [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIfuaUTH9Y4&feature=related]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIfuaUTH9Y4&feature=related[/ame] Nice fell though.

Only from a distance, you'd last about 5 seconds inside one before you realised how uncomfortable they are, there's no room for you arms or legs and if your over 5'11 you need to crick your neck to see out the side window.

Yes, coronet cutting is a step too far. Winching branches out of a tree to create fractures is fine so long as there's no climber in the tree but to actually send a climber into the tree with a chainsaw to mimic the effects of storm damage/limb breakage borders on insanity. The risks of kickback and accidental injury are greatly increased when coronet cutting due to awkward work positioning and multiple angled cuts down through the grain.

I'd hate for a climber to get severely injured or die for the apparent positive benefits of making a dead tree look more naturally dead.

There is something very suspect about coronet cuts. Its like humans are trying to rush the tree into death and decay because they are too impatient to wait for nature to take its course.

I would avoid the AA Tech Cert Exam if I were you, they do not provide marking instructions for past papers, so you cant prepare for what exactly the marker is looking for. It would seem they dont have any which is not only very amateurish but fundamentally wrong. On a positive note, you would probably learn useful information studying for the exam, but then you can do that anyway without the course.

Does anyone know where you can buy those caddie pads in the UK without going through Wesspur etc? Jonesie? Nod? HoneyBs? d'you guys sell them? Is there any difference between caddie pads and these 'cast aluminium' pads that are supplied with these Buckinghams from the wesspur site?

Does anyone know where you can buy those caddie pads in the UK without going through Wesspur etc? Jonesie? Nod? HoneyBs? d'you guys sell them?

failed mot due to chassis, no tax. But it is drivable, probably not a good idea to take it out on the roads though.

Yes, tap a small hammer on any part of the chassis, chances are it'll go straight through. Reckon the previous owner was a shepherd/farmer, seen that kind of corrosion in farm Defenders in the past. Bought it with the intention of fitting a galvanised chassis. This is what most of it looks like -

here it is -

Car Tax - Everything the UK government does today is to raise money,the whole thing's a racket. How can a Ford Galaxy be bad for the environment?! You can get 6 kids in it to take to the football, you'd need two cars otherwise, the fact is....the government wants us all to drive Micras and Aygos! rant over.